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Devon Militia Deserters 1825
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post Thursday, August 4, 1825;
Issue 3146 (Gale Document no Y3200660762)
Transcribed by
Brian Randell
DESERTERS FROM THE TRAINING OF THE FIRST DEVON MILITIA, AT EXETER, 4th JULY, 1825. | |||||||||||||||
No. | Names | Prin. or Sub. | Parish for which enrolled | Date of enrollment | Age | Ft | In | County | Parish | Complexion | Eyes | Hair | Form of visage | Trade or Occupation | Remarks |
1 | Thos. Shobrooke | S | Cullompton | 15 Jul 1821[?] | 25 | 5 | 7¼ | Devon | ...stock[?] | fair | hazle | brown | round | Sawyer | Supposed to be in London. |
2 | William Wood | S | Kentisbeer | 1 Jul 18..[?] | 21 | 5 | .. | .. | Hemyock | fresh | blue | l. brown | long | Labourer | Said to be in the Foot Gds. |
3 | Robert Hitchcock | S | Hemyock | 14 May 1821 | 20 | 5 | 5½ | .. | Ditto | fair | hazle | light | oval | do. | |
4 | William Gilliard | S | Thorncombe | 28 May 1822 | 21 | 5 | 5 | .. | .ercombe[?] | fresh | grey | l. b. | full | do. | Supposed to be in Bristol. |
5 | Charles Moore | S | Axminster | Ditto | 22 | 5 | 7½ | Somerset | ...nd[?] | do. | do. | ditto | long | do. | |
6 | ....[?] Tetherley | S | Ditto | 1. Jun 1821[?] | 22 | 5 | 6½ | .. | ....[?] | fair | blue | d. b. | round | do. | |
7 | John Honeyball | S | Honiton | 28 May ... | 35 | 5 | 8 | Devon | Ottery | fresh | hazle | l. b. | long | do. | |
8 | James Mapledor...[?] | P | Sidmouth | Ditto | 23[?] | 5 | 4 | .. | St Lawrence Clist | fair | do. | brown | oval | Bricklayer | |
9 | Richard Pointer | S | Littleham & Exmouth | Ditto | 2.[?] | 5 | 6 | Exeter | St Lawrence .... | do. | do. | l. b. | do. | Brickmaker | |
10 | Josiah Eveleigh | S | Ottery St. Mary | 18 Jun 1822[?] | 21[?] | 5 | 9 | Devon | Ottery St Mary | do. | grey | ditto | round | Miller | Said to be in the Ft. Gds. At Knightsbrid. |
11 | William Hitt | S | Exminster | 14 Ditto | 24 | 5 | 5 | .. | Broadclist | do. | hazle | ditto | full | Labourer | Honiton, distributor of relgious tracts |
12 | James Wilcocks | S | Dawlish | 15 May 1821 | 21 | 5 | 11 | .. | Poltimore | fresh | grey | brown | oval | do. | |
13 | Thomas Bishop | S | Ditto | 6 Jun 1822 | 33 | 5 | 6 | Exeter | St Pancras | pale | do. | d. b. | do. | Cordwainer | |
14 | John Harding | S | East Teignmouth | 15 May 1821 | 26[?] | 5 | 9 | Devon | Shobrook | fresh | do. | d. b. | round | Labourer | |
15 | James Stokes | S | Mamhead | 5 Jun 1822[?] | 22 | 5 | 9½ | Exeter | St Davids | do. | do. | brown | do. | Carpenter | Gone to East indies |
16 | Samuel Hatherley[?] | S | Ideford | 23[?] May 1821 | 27 | 5 | 4 | Devon | Highweek | fair | do. | l. b. | oval | Tanner | |
17 | John Paddon | S | W. Teignmouth | 25 Jun 1822 | 28 | 5 | 4 | .. | Bishopsteignton | do. | do. | l. b. | full | Bricklayer | Bridgewater |
18 | Thomas Oldridge | S | Moretonhampstead | 15 May 1821 | 25 | 5 | 10½ | .. | Collumpton | do. | hazle | d. b. | oval | Labourer | |
19 | John Gill | S | Stoke Canon | 14 Jun 1822 | 22 | 5 | 6 | .. | Dawlish | do. | grey | l.b. | do. | Blacksmith | |
20 | James Blake | S | Southtawton | 5 Ditto | 29 | 5 | 8 | .. | Ashburton | sallow | do. | brown | do. | Cordwainer | |
21 | John Smith | S | Upton Pyne | 7 May 1825[?] | 19 | 5 | 5 | .. | Great Torrington | do. | hazle | d. b. | round | Labourer | |
22 | Henry Squire | S | East Within | 4 Jun 1822 | 27 | 5 | 7 | .. | Ditto | fresh | do. | brown | full | Stonemason | Bristol |
23 | John Armtriding | S | East Without | 16 May 1821 | 22 | 5 | 5¼ | .. | Stoke Canon | do. | grey | do. | round | Labourer | |
24 | John Churchill | S | North Within | 4 Jun 1822 | 28 | 5 | 8 | .. | Ottery St Mary | sallow | hazle | l. b. | long | Mason | |
25 | Jeremiah Fair[?] | S | South Ditto | Ditto | 23 | 5 | 4 | .. | Ditto | fresh | grey | do. | do. | weaver | |
26 | William Friend | S | South Without | 31 Mar 1825 | 19 | 5 | 4½ | Exeter | St Mary Major | fair | do. | brown | oval | Labourer | |
27 | John James | S | East Ditto | 12 Jun 1822 | 25 | 5 | 7 | Devon | Honiton | sallow | do. | l. b. | full | do. | |
28 | Thomas Jenkins | S | North Ditto | Ditto | 21[?] | 5 | 5½ | .. | Stoke Damerel | do. | hazle | do. | oval | Tinman | Itinerant Razor Grinder, Taunton. |
29 | James Knott | S | East Ditto | Ditto | 22 | 5 | 7½ | .. | Silverton | fair | grey | brown | do. | Labourer | |
30 | John Pine | S | South Ditto | Ditto | 27 | 5 | 7½ | .. | Bradninch | fresh | do. | do. | full | do. | |
31 | Richard Perry | S | Ditto | 16 May 1821 | 24[?] | 5 | 7 | Exeter | St Davids | pale | hazle | l. b. | long | Cordwainer | |
NOTICE is hereby given, that whoever secures the above Deserters, or any or either of them, so that he or they may be lodged in any of his Majesty's Gaols shall receive of the Paymaster of the Regiment the sum of TWENTY SHILLINGS for EACH DESERTER. | |||||||||||||||
By order of the Deputy Lieutenants, | |||||||||||||||
JAMES PEARSE, Clerk of the General Meetings. | |||||||||||||||
Dated Exeter, 26th July, 1825. |